INDUSTRY NEWS A MEERCAT WORKBOAT FOR BRIGGS MARINE
Meercat Workboats is proud to announce the sale of a custom built monohull workboat to Briggs Marine; Hull no. 28.
The vessel is 15.5m LOA, and 6m beam. Fabrication is well under way at Meercat’s Portchester facility in Portsmouth with Briggs Marine to take to delivery later this year.
The workboat has been configured to facilitate a deck cargo capacity of 20 tonnes and a liquid cargo capacity of sum 2 x 10000 litres; with 2 x Doosan main engines and a BETA Marine 21kVA generator.
This sale represents the second Meercat built for Briggs Marine and the sixth Meercat built by the business since Burgess Marine acquired Meercat Workboats in September 2014.
It is also the first vessel built under Jamie Lewis’s new tenure as the company’s Managing Director. Jamie took over at the beginning of the month to coincide with Jason Coltman stepping down.
It’s been a real pleasure to work with Briggs Marine throughout the sale process.
They’ve chosen a fantastic specification and I’m sure that the vessel will prove not only to be fit for purpose in its immediate role, but moreover in its future supporting the ever expanding Briggs business. She’s proven and reliable and we look forward to a timely handover.
Jameie Lewis, Managing Director.
Nicholas Warren, the Managing Director of Burgess Marine, added: “Briggs are exactly the sort of customer that we want to be working with.
“We work with them very well in our core ship repair business and as we continue to develop our national network our desire remains to support clients with a genuinely national reach.
“The likes of Briggs Marine, Svitzer, Serco and the network of Dredgers are so, so
Above: A Meercat Workboat for Briggs Marine.
important to our extended business and it’s a real honour to be building one of these key customers a new workboat.”
Financial details were not disclosed. For more detail, visit:
www.meercatworkboats.com ZF SERVICES UK WELCOMES NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR
As from 1st July, Chris Adcock will take up the reins as new Managing Director of ZF Services UK. The experienced industry expert will accelerate growth and identify new opportunities for the UK market. His predecessor Graham Truckel, who up to the present day has been instrumental in shaping ZF Services UK, is passing on the baton to Chris and retiring from active working life.
Chris joins the UK organisation after more than 20 years’ experience working for ZF Services, five years of which were spent in Australia as Managing Director of ZF Services Australia, where, as part of the Asia Pacific Leadership Team, he was responsible for developing the Australasian business and market development including China, South Korea, India and South East Asia. Chris’ experience overseas has provided him with a unique understanding of foreign
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markets, including the variance in business culture, geographical challenges and distribution and supply processes.
Drawing on his new role, Chris explained: “It’s a real honour to be heading up the organisation in the UK. The company is in a fantastic position thanks to great leadership over its 40 year tenure in the UK, and I will look to continue this work and identify new opportunities for growth in the years to come. I look forward to driving business growth and ensuring always the best service for our British customers.”
As well as ensuring a seamless transition, Chris will look to align markets and customers and identify new opportunities for expansion. His focus will also be on emerging technologies looking to support new product development and exploring ways to further enhance how ZF Services UK interacts with customers, while continuously improving the highly regarded and respected service the industry is accustomed to.
Current Managing Director, Graham Truckel, will be leaving the organisation on 30th June. As well as playing an integral role in the evolution of ZF Services UK over the years, Graham has been responsible for overseeing a series of changes, including handling the merger of two parts of the organisation – the sales and services division (formerly ZF Great Britain) and the aftermarket sales business (ZF Trading UK) in 2011.
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